Ever feel like you need a second brain? As teachers, we have so many things to juggle and keep straight. Evernote is like a faithful teaching assistant that helps me remember teaching ideas, keep track of resources, organize lesson plans, and archive whiteboard photos and audio notes. One colleague I introduced it to called it a life changer, and I certainly agree!

You can think of Evernote as an ever-expanding database to which you keep adding all the good ideas you want to remember. Its powerful search functions mean that unlike throwing items into a physical filing cabinet, you can quickly and easily retrieve anything you put inside it! The best way to learn to use it is to see it in action, so here is a video of a seminar which I presented at the 2013 California TESOL convention on the many ways teachers can use Evernote to maximize their efficiency.